Modded mouse can run non-stop for five hours
Lives longer, has more sex, doesn't get fat
Supermouse is also "very aggressive"

A GENETICALLY engineered "supermouse" has stunned scientists with its physical abilities.

The mouse can run up to six kilometres at a speed of 20 metres per minute for five hours or more without stopping, British newspaper The Independent reports.

Scientists say that's the equivalent of a man cycling at speed up an Alpine mountain without a break.

The engineered mouse also lives longer, has more sex and can breed well into old age, and eats more without getting fat, the paper reports.

The “supermouse” is the creation of American scientists who are working to create a community of 500 of the rodents,

Scientists say the super abilities came about from a standard genetic modification to a single metabolism gene shared with humans.

The genetic alteration to a gene involved in glucose metabolism appears to stimulate the efficient use of body fat for energy production, The Independent reported, citing a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Also, the mice don't suffer from a build up of lactic acid which causes muscle cramps.

Richard Hanson, professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio said the physical performance of the supermouse can only be compared to supremely fit athletes, such as cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005.

“They are metabolically similar to Lance Armstrong biking up the Pyrenees. They utilise mainly fatty acids for energy and produce very little lactic acid,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.

“They are not eating or drinking and yet they can run for four or five hours.

"They are 10 times more active than ordinary mice in their home cage.

"They also live longer - up to three years of age - and are reproductively active for almost three years.

"In short, they are remarkable animals.”

But he said the supermouse was “very aggressive” and scientists weren't yet sure why.

Prof Hanson said humans had the same gene that had been manipulated in the mice, but trying similar experiments on humans would be wrong.

However, it may be possible for pharmaceutical companies to use the findings to develop new drugs that enhance muscle performance, which may benefit certain patients.

Prof Hanson said the mice were not intentionally bred to have “super” capabilities, but it was clear soon after they were born that they were different.

“We could spot them at just a few weeks after birth,” the paper quoted him as saying.

"They popped around the cage like popcorn.

"We found that they were about 10 times as active as ordinary mice."

Don't worry, this is all for man's benefit. Wonder if someone will have to invent a new type of mousetrap._________________... we are in process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy who have always existed and presumably will always exist to get people to love their servitude. Aldous Huxley

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Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:36 pm

Yes, the supermouse, superhumans are next, NOW I KNOW, know why they won't feed GM food to people in UK jails, they feared they would create superhumans, but when they told us that I thought they were having a laugh and it was only about humans rights, but UK has disgusting jails, dirty cold run down places and all overcrowding, nothing to do with humans rights, quite the opposite.

A new race awaits us after/during the man made extinction of the human species....it is in the media all over has been for years, wake up people they say a new race of elite race and slave mind dumb race is being engineered now ready for the future, that is how scientists know the future, they intend to shape it with their work. Still sounds crazy, only because it is, not because it is not true.

Check out the 2 pics of this drone.
Simple question.
How does this thing fly?
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1929797920080326?sp=true
"The Honeywell Micro Air Vehicle or "Honeywell MAV" is seen during a flight test in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location. The MAV weighs 16 pounds when empty (dry) and 18 1/2 pounds when fully loaded with fuel (wet). It is 14 inches in diameter and 22 inches from the feet to the top of the MAV structure. "
I ask on 2 pounds of fuel? Gas weighs about 4 and a half pounds per gallon.
Thats not practical.
_________________". . . that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God." -- Thomas Jefferson's Last Letter, June 24, 1826

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Thu May 15, 2008 1:10 pm

Miami-Dade police are not alone, however.

Taking their lead from the U.S. military, which has used drones in Iraq and Afghanistan for years, law enforcement agencies across the country have voiced a growing interest in using drones for domestic crime-fighting missions.

Known in the aerospace industry as UAVs, for unmanned aerial vehicles, drones have been under development for decades in the United States.

The CIA acknowledges that it developed a dragonfly-sized UAV known as the "Insectohopter" for laser-guided spy operations as long ago as the 1970s.

And other advanced work on robotic flyers has clearly been under way for quite some time.

"The FBI is experimenting with a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles," said Marcus Thomas, an assistant director of the bureau's Operational Technology Division.

"At this point they have been used mainly for search and rescue missions," he added. "It certainly is an up-and-coming technology and the FBI is researching additional uses for UAVs."_________________... we are in process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy who have always existed and presumably will always exist to get people to love their servitude. Aldous Huxley